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By Kelly A. Carlson, Rene Mueller, Molly Sauder
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Collection Overview
Title: Champaign, Illinois Community Bands Collection, circa 1885-1910
ID: 12/9/58
Primary Creator: Champaign, Illinois Community Bands (1885-1910)
Extent: 3.5 cubic feet
Arrangement: Alphabetical
Date Acquired: 11/01/1994
Subjects: Bands, Instrumental music, Military Music, Music - United States
Formats/Genres: Sheet music
Languages: English
Scope and Contents of the Materials
Consists of bound and unbound sheet music, predominantly military marches and dances, that may have been used by several different unidentified Champaign community bands between 1885 and 1910.
Biographical Note
The ninteenth-century community band traditions of Champaign, Illinois can be traced to the European military band traditions of Germany and England. The primary purpose of community bands across America was to supply music to accompanying the marching of local militia during times of war and provide musical entertainment for holiday and patriotic celebrations. While most community ensembles played a variety of secular and religious music, the most common genre of music performed by these community ensembles was the military march. While Champaign, Illinois enjoyed a thriving military band tradition during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, it is unclear which local ensembles may have used the music included in this collection. There is some evidence to suggest Champaign's Order of the Knights of Pythias, a non-sectarian fraternal order, may have had a fraternal band which used some of this music.
Subject/Index Terms
Administrative Information
Repository:
The Sousa Archives and Center for American Music
Acquisition Source:
James Benefiel Estate
Acquisition Method:
Gift
Box and Folder Listing
Browse by Series:
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Series 1: Unbound Sheet Music],
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Series 2: Bound Sheet Music],
[All]
- Series 1: Unbound Sheet Music

- Consists of unbound octavos and loose sheet music. The octavos are arranged alphabetically by composer's and/or arranger's last name and individual music titles are listed separately within each folder description. The loose sheet music has been placed physically at the end of the series but is listed intellectually within the arrangement of the octavos. Unidentified music has been placed at the end of the series.
- Box 1

- Folder 1: Adams, Alexander, Allen, Althouse, 1900-1905

- Oh, Shining Light, The Cantonians March, The Dixie Rube, MARCH "COSMOS"
- Folder 2: Arnstein, Arthur, Ascher, 1904-1911

- The Clock Polka, In the Jungle, Asher's German Medley, "La Rose"
- Folder 3: Ashton, Hall, Ball, 1900-1922

- Gay Tally Ho, The Creole Queen, If It Takes a Thousand Years - Waltz, For the Sake of Auld Lang Syne, Let The Res of The World Go By
- Folder 4: Bagley, King, Barnard, Barnhouse, Lieberfeld, 1897-1914

- March "National Emblem", Alcazor, The Old Warrior March, Idaho March, The Jersey Carnival
- Folder 5: Baston, Berlin, Berliner, Beyer, Rollinson, 1890-1928

- Los Angeles, Mexican Waltz, Coquette, In Nature's Garden, Four In Hand, Diabolus Galop.
- Folder 6: Blanke, Blaufuss, Boscolli, Briegel, 1899-1929

- When The Mocking Birds Are Singing In The Wildwood, My Isle of Golden Dreams, "Sancta Lucia" Waltz, Pagan Love Song
- Folder 7: Browne, Russell, Bout, Burrell, Carroll and 'Z', 1892-1914

- Ireland I Love You Acushla Machree, Where the River Shannon Flows, Galop "The Night Express", Galop "At The Fair", Do You Remember?
- Folder 8: Chambers, 1895-1901

- "Giraldi" March, Hail Columbia March, "Revelation" March, Serenata Cubana
- Folder 9: Chaminade, Clark, Clappe, Sousa, Code, Woods, 1892-1916

- Scarf Dance, Marche Aux Flambeaux, Christopher Columbus, The Belle of Chicago, City of Ballarat, The Path of Glory March
- Box 2

- Folder 1: Copeland, Corey, Cox, Crosby, 1891-1916

- Whistle, Pan American, Call Me Thine Own, Eternal Hope
- Folder 2: Dalbey, Daniels, de Koven, 1902-1906

- "Giant's Frolic" Polka, March - "Dreadnaught", Sanitol, Entr'acte - Chole I'm Waitin' from "The Little Duchess"
- Folder 3: de Koven, de Ville, de Witt, 1902-1908

- The Little Duchess, "The Irish Dragoons", "Faugh a Ballagh", "The Irish Regiment"
- Folder 4: de Witt, Dixon and Woods, English, Taylor, 1891-1935

- "Pride of America", River Stay 'Way from My Door, Just Like a Butterfly, "Salute to Alexander", "Liberty Hall" March
- Folder 5: Doring, Liberati, Earl, Egan and Olman, Lake, Ellis-Paul, 1911-1918

- Distant Greeting, The Belle of Kentucky, Beautiful Ohio, "At Seven, Seventeen, and Seventy Daddy Loved the Same Sweet Girl", Good Old Pals, Napoleon's Last Charge
- Folder 6: Eno, Fanciulli, Farrar, Fenton, 1899-1902

- The White Crow, The Gallant 71st, Columbian March, Golden Days
- Folder 7: Fiala, Pesiri, Friedman, Fulton, Gardner and Hamilton, 1902

- Marien - Galop., Polka "La Belle Italia", Sun Dance, Tipperary March, Bye-Bye Pretty Baby
- Folder 8: Gardner, Handel, Gaston, Dalbey, Goble, Zamecnik, Gounod, 1891-1912

- The Last Degree, Dead March in Saul, Sambo's Wedding, March - "Cabaletta", Elks on Parade, All America, Faust Waltz
- Folder 9: Gounod, Gruenwald, Hager, 1902-1919

- "The King of Love My Shepard Is", Selection "Faust", Brown Eyes, The Boy And The Birds
- Box 3

- Folder 1: Hall, M. H., Hall R. B., Weldon, Morris, 1898-1901

- Si. Haskin's Ball, Charge of the Battalion March, Tenth Regiment March, First Brigade I.N.G. March, Officer of the Day March, The Kilties March
- Folder 2: Harris, Henry, Herbert, 1899-1905

- "Would You Care", By Heck, Gypsy Love Song, The Ameer
- Box 6

- Folder 4: Herbert/Fulton, 1911

- Dream Melody
- Folder 5: Hermann, Newmann, Undated

- Hohensollen March, Ins Treffen
- Folder 3: Holmes, Sousa, Holt, Howard, Hughes, 1888-1926

- The Promotor, Semper Fidelis March, A Long Farewell, March of the Eagles, Del Rio
- Folder 4: Hughes, Hyde, Laurendeau, Jewell, Skaggs, 1907-1911

- Waltz "A Maiden Fair", St. Valentine Waltz, Advance Guard March, "The Coast Defenders", The Director General, The "Loyal American"
- Folder 5: Jewell, St. Clair, Keeble, Vandercook, 1906-1931

- The Freshman March, The "Guy" March, Luna Park March, Scand'lus Duin's, The Mandator March, Scand'lus Duin's, The Mandator March
- Folder 6: Keiser, Kiefer, Scouton, King, K.L., 1914

- An Afternoon Tea, "Last Rest" Funeral March, Our Hallowed Dead, Monte Carlo, Nightfall
- Folder 7: Kline, King, R.A., Lack, Lake, 1898-1914

- Peacock Stride Gavotte, Beyond the Gates of Paradise, Cabaletta, Lakesonian March, Le Siffler Coquet
- Folder 8: Lambert, Lampe, Laurendeau, Laurent, 1897-1903

- The Choirboy's Dream, Dixie Girl, National Melodies No. I and II, Andante and Waltz, "Mamie"
- Folder 9: Le Brunn, Leigh, Lincoln, Lindsay, 1902-1905

- Sadie, A Marionette's Romance, Zenith, Aisha: Indian Intermezzo
- Box 4

- Folder 1: Lithgow, Lockhart, Lodge, Loraine, 1898-1921

- Invercargill, The World Is Waiting For The Sunrise, Geraldine, Salome
- Folder 2: Losey, Stimson, Losey, Lumbye, 1897-1910

- Daddy's Delight, Yarney's Ideal, Danse of the Fireflies, Muttering Fritz, Andante and Waltz
- Folder 3: Mackie, Mackie-Bayer, Macklin, 1906-1913

- Because, The Old Folks Are Longing For You, May, Onward Christian Soldiers and Adeste Fidelis, Sobra Las Olas Waltz, Tres Movtarde
- Folder 4: Maywood, McKinley, Sousa, Meissler, Mills, 1896-1916

- My Soldier Boy, Golden Rod, On To Victory, In Old Madrid, The Owls Cotillion
- Folder 5: Missud, Mora, Chambers, Mullot, 1893-1904

- "Always Forward" March, Marion Scottische, Editha Gavotte, Leila, The Muleteer of Madsid
- Folder 6: Myers, Nelson, O'Hara, Openshaw, 1917-1918

- Serenade "The Twilight Hour", After the Storm, Over the Top, The Perfect Melody, Love Sends a Little Gift of Roses
- Box 6

- Folder 6: Neibig, Hermann, Undated

- Bismarck Marsch, Vorwarts Marsch
- Folder 7: Neibig, Bohne, Undated

- Molke Marsch, August Marsch
- Folder 8: Neibig, Burgshaller, Undated

- Treu Der Fahne, Carneval March
- Folder 7: Panella, Seltzer, Parlow, Paull, Penn, 1904-1919

- Flag of Freedom, The "Royal Trumpeters" March, Anvil Polka, The Romany Rye, Smilin Through
- Folder 8: Pettee, Powell, Prendiville, Price, 1891-1904

- Gen. Grant's Funeral March, The Troubadour, "Anvil Chorus" from Il Trovatore, The Lion's Bride March
- Folder 9: Pryor, 1899-1901

- An Arkansaw Huskin Been, Arms of America, A Coon Band Contest, The White Rats
- Box 6

- Folder 9: Reinhardt, Undated

- Melodienkranz
- Folder 10: Reinkendorff, Ripley, Robledo, Rodman, 1885-1921

- Across the Rockies, Serenade - Evantide, Three O'Clock In The Morning, John Harvard March
- Box 5

- Folder 1: Rollinson, Thomas, Voelker, Rosas, Undated

- Boanerges March, Nahant March, A Little Bit of "Essence", "King of the Road" Galop, Dress Parade March, Carmen Waltz
- Folder 2: Rosnar, Sargent, Savasta, Schramm, Sousa, 1904-1915

- Tinkle Bell Waltz, American Songs, Oscaleeta, Flag Day, The Lambs' March
- Folder 3: Schuckel, Sherman, Skaggs, Smith, 1891

- Hoschzeits Marsch, Yubilaums Marsch, Chariot Race Galop, The "Loyal American", Love and Glory
- Folder 4: Sousa, Southwell, Beebe, Sniffen, 1897-1902

- Imperial Edward March, The Loyal Legion March, "Peerless", March - The Giant, The Stars and Stripes Forever, The Mirror Dance
- Folder 5: St. Clair, Stahl, 1902-1906

- The Plumed Knight, The Steel King, "The Bachelor Maids", Greater Pittsburgh, "Love's Serenade"
- Folder 6: Stanford, Stein, Stimson, Stone, 1903-1913

- Japonica, "Diantha" Intermezzo, March "The Grand Review", "La Albacete" Waltz
- Folder 7: Story, Strauss, Stuart, Stults, 1901-1909

- Tonkawa, Pizzicato Polka, Florodora March, The Birds and the Brook
- Folder 8: Sullivan, Taylor, Weldon, Thayer, 1900-1906

- "The lost Chord", "The New Annapolis" March, Symposium - March, With Trumpet and Drum, American Victory March
- Folder 9: Thiele, Barnard, Trinkaus, Vandercook, Verdi, 1891-1910

- American Republic March, Gavotte - Christmas Chimes, "Marceline" - (Dance of the Clowns), March - Grande Entree, Aida
- Folder 10: Vogel, Miller, Von Hagen, Von Tilzer, Wacek, 1915

- Jasper Jenkins "De Cake Walk Coon", The "James Park" March, Rosemary, The Alcoholic Blues, Thundering Cannons
- Box 6

- Folder 10: Wagner, A., Hafselmann, Undated

- Parade Marsch, Fubilaums Marsch
- Box 6: Loose Music

- Folder 1: Wagner, J.F., Miller, Walter, Sousa, Warren, Wayne, 1895-1927

- "Under the Double Eagle", March "American Forever Victorious", Gavotte "The Queen's Favorite", The Beau Ideal March, "Chicago Belles" March, Ramona
- Folder 2: Weber, Weldon, 1901-1903

- "The Eagles" March, March, Gate City, Col. Stuart March, From Mexico to Buffalo
- Folder 3: Whiting, Williams, Linden, Wright, Unidentified Composer, 1886-1918

- Till We Meet Again, Larboard Watch, Turkish Dance "Sultana", Violets, Unidentified Title
- Folder 11: Unidentified, Crosby, Denni, Undated

- Heaven's Artillery March, Peace with Honor, The United States Navy, Starlight Love
- Series 2: Bound Sheet Music

- Consists of seven different sets of unidentified partbooks containing marches and dances dating from the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Each set of partbooks are arranged in score order by instrument.
- Box 6

- Folder 12: Set of Conductor/Solo B flat Cornet Parts, ca. 1885-1915

- NOTE: Set contains Conductor/Solo B flat Cornet parts to several pieces that are in Series 1 of this collection.
- Box 7

- Item 1: Partbooks Set 1, Undated

- Piccolo, 1st Bb Clarionet, 2nd Bb Clarionet, Eb Clarionet, 1st or Solo Alto, 2nd Alto, 3rd Eb Alto, Eb Cornet, Solo Bb Cornet, 1st Bb Cornet, 2nd Bb Cornet, 1st Bb Tenor, 2nd Bb Tenor, Bb Barition, 1st Eb Tuba, Bass Drum, Extra parts
- Item 2: Partbooks Set 2, ca. 1900

- Solo Bb Cornet, Piccolo, Solo Bb Clarinet, 1st Bb Clarinet, 2nd Bb Clarinet, 3rd Bb Clarinet, Eb Cornet, Solo Bb Cornet, 2nd Bb Cornet, 3rd Bb Cornet, 1st and 2nd Eb Alto, 3rd Eb Alto, 2nd Eb Alto, 1st Tenor, 2nd Bb Tenor, 1st Trombone, 2nd Trombone, Baritone, Baritone, Bb Bass, Bb Bass, Eb Bass, Extra parts
- Item 3: Partbooks Set 3, Undated

- Covers only- Piccolo, 1st Bb Clarinet, Alto Saxaphone, Eb Clarinet, Ten. Saxaphone, Eb Cornet, Baritone
- Item 4: Partbooks Set 4, ca. 1885

- Solo Bb Cornet, 1st Bb Cornet, 2nd Bb Tenor, 1st Trombone, Baritone, Basses, 2nd Bb Cornet, Drums, Eb Alto Solo, 1st Eb Cornet, 1st and 2nd Altos, 1st and 2nd Altos
- Box 8

- Item 1: Partbooks Set 5, Undated

- Piccolo, Eb Clarinet, 1st Bb Clarinet, 2nd Bb Clarinet, 1st Eb Alto, 2nd Eb Cornet, 2nd Trombone, 1st Trombone, 2nd Eb Alto, 2nd and 3rd Cornets, 1st Bb Cornet, Eb Cornet, 1st and 2nd Trombones, 1st and 2nd Trombones, Basses, Drums, Extra parts
- Item 2: Partbooks Set 6, ca. 1895

- Solo Bb Cornet, Piccolo, Eb Clarinet, 1st Bb Clarinet, 2nd Bb Clarinet, 1st Bb Cornet, 2nd and 3rd Bb Cornets, 1st and 2nd Eb Alto Horns, 3rd and 4th Eb Alto Horns, 1st and 2nd Tenor Horns, Baritone Treble Clef, Basses
- Item 3: Partbooks Set 7, ca. 1898

- Solo Bb Cornet, 1st Trombone, 1st Bb Cornet, 2nd Bb Clarinets, Piccolo, Eb Bass, 3rd Eb Alto, Eb Cornet, Baritone Treble Clef, 1st Eb Alto, Drums, 2nd Eb Alto, 3rd/Bass Trombone, 2nd and 3rd Cornets, Baritone Bass Clef, 1st Bb Tenor, Eb Clarinet, 2nd Bb Tenor, 1st Bb Clarinet
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